CMC's 3-D Virtual Reality Theatre: VR Tours of Two Tombs during the Mysteries of Egypt Exhibition

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Publication Type		Conference Paper
Year of Publication		1999
Authors		Rioux, Marc; Corcoran, Frank; Taylor, John; Boulanger, Pierre; MacDonald, George F.
Conference Name		Cultural Heritage Informatics: Selected papers from ichim99: the International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting
Publisher		Archives & Museum Informatics
Conference Location		Washington, DC, USA
Editor		David Bearman and Jennifer Trant
Keywords		ICHIM; ICHIM99
Abstract		In May 1998, the exhibition, "Mysteries of Egypt" opened at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in conjunction with the world premiere of the IMAX movie "Mysteries of Egypt". As a new feature, the museum constructed a Virtual Reality 3D Theatre for the presentation of VR Tours of the Tombs of Nefertari and Tutankhamum. This paper presents an overview of the VR Theatre experience including a summary of the challenges experienced in integrating several hardware and software systems. The latter will be useful to museums and cultural institutions planning similar installations in the future.

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